drunkenmonkey wrote:It's easy to cast the first stone though. With the horrid state of the Cardinal's bullpen last year, LaRussa and Duncan were forced to use their starters much longer than they should have.

I watched all the Cards' games, and it was painful, but when you're up 2-1 in the seventh inning, and your bullpen has an ERA somewhere around 7 or 8, you leave your guy in there and pray he can finish the game.

Yeah I agree the bullpen didn't help matters but La Russa has always liked his starters to work very hard, even in previous seasons when their bullpen was going good.

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